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we'll be talking to texas senator john cornyn about that horrific texas plant blast that has left more than 150 people injured, an unknown number dead, plus senator jeff flake on the gang of eight immigration plans and the defeat of gun control legislation. another busy day here on "happening now." we look forward to seeing you at the top of the hour. bill: all right. see you in about 13 minutes. jenna lee there in new york. there is breaking news from the hill. what the homeland security secretary is just saying about the investigation, and now starts the healing process for the people of boston. this is a hard thing to come back from for the families and survivors and witnesses, dr. keith ablow, he makes boston his home, he is our guest in a moment. >> make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this. and we will find out who did this. we'll find out why they did this. any responsible -- any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. bill: all right fox news alert now, we mentioned this right before the break. of the homeland security secr
we'll be talking to texas senator john cornyn about that horrific texas plant blast that has left more than 150 people injured, an unknown number dead, plus senator jeff flake on the gang of eight immigration plans and the defeat of gun control legislation. another busy day here on "happening now." we look forward to seeing you at the top of the hour. bill: all right. see you in about 13 minutes. jenna lee there in new york. there is breaking news from the hill. what the homeland...
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he was killed in a shootout in texas two days later, 100 miles from kaufman, texas. so far investigators have not connected evidence to those two cases as they work there. martha: we'll speak to a former district attorney about the dangers on the job and we'll bring you any developments as they come in on that story and that manhunt in kaufman, texas. bill: meantime there are many developments this morning, over the weekend. united states ramping up a show of force as north korea talks get tough now sending advanced f-22 stealth fighter jets to south korea to join military exercises there. a leading republican saying that north korea is not giving itself very in wiggle room to back down from its threats. >> it is not an empty threat. i wouldn't be that concerned about them hitting the mainland u.s. right now or even any u.s. territory. i think the real threat to what north korea might be boxing itself into. bill: for all the latest greg palkot is live in london. what are we hearing from pongyang in north korea, greg? >> reporter: bill, we're tracking rhetoric from no
he was killed in a shootout in texas two days later, 100 miles from kaufman, texas. so far investigators have not connected evidence to those two cases as they work there. martha: we'll speak to a former district attorney about the dangers on the job and we'll bring you any developments as they come in on that story and that manhunt in kaufman, texas. bill: meantime there are many developments this morning, over the weekend. united states ramping up a show of force as north korea talks get...
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martha: let's go down to texas where a first look at the warrant now shows that the texas d.a. and his wife were shot a number of times in their home over the weekend. they found casings near the bodies. the couple was killed two months after the assistant prosecutor from the same county was gunned down outside the courthouse. the deaths have left that community visibly shaken. >> i think it is very terrifying nothing something like this can happen in a small town. >> we're still in shock i guess is the best way to describe our feelings about this latest incident. >> gunn schotts i you into it was a lot -- gunshots. it sounded to me like an assault rifle. >> they were great people. i'm going to miss them, i really am. good neighbors. they were good neighbors. martha: sad situation this is. dan springer is on the scene. he is live in kaufman, texas. what is the latest on the investigation here, dan? >> reporter: well, like you said, martha, that search warrant obtained by police confirms that martha, that mike and cynthia mclelland had been shot multiple times at close range. th
martha: let's go down to texas where a first look at the warrant now shows that the texas d.a. and his wife were shot a number of times in their home over the weekend. they found casings near the bodies. the couple was killed two months after the assistant prosecutor from the same county was gunned down outside the courthouse. the deaths have left that community visibly shaken. >> i think it is very terrifying nothing something like this can happen in a small town. >> we're still in...
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so in parts of texas, arrests in tex -- texas, central americans are up 98%. here is a traffic. apprehensions in fiscal year 2013, border patrol apprehended 24,000 guatemalans, 17,000 hon durans and 14,000 from el salavador. the administration is saying hey, we need to do things but texas is being overrun. also i wanted to say, that overall, if you will. if you look at those annual figures, 192,000 are being apprehended? well, given statistics, given the gao report and what the drones are telling us we may lose 50% of those. right now you have 100,000 people coming into the united states illegally, making it past. the question is that politically acceptable in light of the bill we're expecting next week. martha: very interesting the numbers may be up ahead of the immigration bill. as always from your reporting, people who are on the border have a very different experience as those in washington talking about it would seem. william, thank you very much. bill: by the numbers, immigration and customs enforcement known as i.c.e., removing nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants in 2011, t
so in parts of texas, arrests in tex -- texas, central americans are up 98%. here is a traffic. apprehensions in fiscal year 2013, border patrol apprehended 24,000 guatemalans, 17,000 hon durans and 14,000 from el salavador. the administration is saying hey, we need to do things but texas is being overrun. also i wanted to say, that overall, if you will. if you look at those annual figures, 192,000 are being apprehended? well, given statistics, given the gao report and what the drones are...
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texas district attorney murder. they're looking at the people he prosecuted before his death as possible suspects. certainly that's a good place to start. mike mclelland and his wife cynthia were found shot to death in their home earlier this week. craig watkins is a dallas county district attorney. craig joins me now. welcome, sir. good to have you with us today. >> thanks for having me this morning. >> what is the climate like? you said you believe your profession, feels like it is under attack out there right now. >> well, unfortunately as prosecutors we receive threats pretty much on a regular basis but for years we never took those threats seriously. in this instance, for what happened in kaufman county it's an opportunity for us to revisit security measures, not just for elected d.a.s but all prosecutors throughout the state of texas and throughout the nation. you just reported earlier that u.s. attorney out of houston was compelled to get off of a case. what happened in kaufman sends a chilling effect down ou
texas district attorney murder. they're looking at the people he prosecuted before his death as possible suspects. certainly that's a good place to start. mike mclelland and his wife cynthia were found shot to death in their home earlier this week. craig watkins is a dallas county district attorney. craig joins me now. welcome, sir. good to have you with us today. >> thanks for having me this morning. >> what is the climate like? you said you believe your profession, feels like it...
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versus texas has a state with no income tax, over the last five years, gregg, texas create ad million new jobs. california has lost a million jobs. i don't think people are moving from california to texas because of better weather. i think it is because of the business climate is so much better in texas. the fact you can save a lot of money. you can buy virtually a house in texas just on money you save on income taxes moving from california. gregg: one of the ways to make up for the short fall, and in louisiana it would be $3 billion, why not tap into oil and natural gas leases, extraction taxes? they did that in texas. they could do it in oklahoma. they could do it in oklahoma. they do do it in louisiana. i believe they have done it up north. >> no question about it. do you know the last state, gregg, that became a no income tax state? gregg: i don't. >> alaska. alaska of course is a oil-producing state. they raise a lot of money from their public services through oil taxes. and you're right, with this oil boom that is going on, states like north dakota, states states like oklahoma a
versus texas has a state with no income tax, over the last five years, gregg, texas create ad million new jobs. california has lost a million jobs. i don't think people are moving from california to texas because of better weather. i think it is because of the business climate is so much better in texas. the fact you can save a lot of money. you can buy virtually a house in texas just on money you save on income taxes moving from california. gregg: one of the ways to make up for the short fall,...
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dan springer is streaming live from kaufman, texas. dan, we here there has been a threat to another official in that area. >> reporter: well, that's right, martha and every throat or perceived threat in this environment will be taken seriously. 56-year-old knicks morel was arrested on tuesday after allege he had making a phone call to a crimestoppers tip line that another public official would be next. he tried to block his number but they got around that and found him. he is charged with making a terrorist threat. in the early '90s he had conviction for unlawfully carrying a weapon and writing a bad check. this is important. police have not connected him to the murders. >> at this time there is nothing to link mr. morel to the murders of mike and cynthia mclittle land or mark hasse. >> reporter: we're learning more about the murder of mark hasse from a witness who emerged. the killer emerged with a revolver shooting hasse in the back of the head several times. he set off in a silver sedan with no front or back license flights. that te
dan springer is streaming live from kaufman, texas. dan, we here there has been a threat to another official in that area. >> reporter: well, that's right, martha and every throat or perceived threat in this environment will be taken seriously. 56-year-old knicks morel was arrested on tuesday after allege he had making a phone call to a crimestoppers tip line that another public official would be next. he tried to block his number but they got around that and found him. he is charged with...
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casey stiegel joins us live this morning from kaufman county, texas. casey, what evidence has been found so far? >> reporter: well, gregg, over the weekend multiple search warrants were executed. one at the suspect's home. one at his in-laws and then the other you just mentioned, at a storage facility which is just about 10 miles or so from the crime scene. local news outlets are reporting that roughly 20 weapons were recovered. ballistics testing currently underway to see if they match the murder weapon. also a crown victoria sedan was found in that storage unit. witnesses report seeing a vehicle matching that very description in the neighborhood the morning of these murders. 46-year-old eric williams was a justice of the peace here in kaufman county, texas, which is an elected, law enforcement position but he was fired last year for stealing county computer equipment. the victim, district attorney mike mcclellan, prosecuted that case. remember he and his wife cynthia were found shot to death inside their kaufman county home over easter weekend. assis
casey stiegel joins us live this morning from kaufman county, texas. casey, what evidence has been found so far? >> reporter: well, gregg, over the weekend multiple search warrants were executed. one at the suspect's home. one at his in-laws and then the other you just mentioned, at a storage facility which is just about 10 miles or so from the crime scene. local news outlets are reporting that roughly 20 weapons were recovered. ballistics testing currently underway to see if they match...
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the doug mckelway is live in waco, texas. doug, first, the investigation, what have we learned so far. >> reporter: they have not yet zeroed in on a cause, martha, but they have ruled out several other potential causes. it had been theorized that a railcar on sight loaded with the fertilizers ammonium nitrate might have sparked the explosion. later investigators found the railcar totally intact. it was blown off the railroad tracks but it was intact. in addition four tanks of anhydrous ammonia fingered as potential cause were found not to be ruptured. investigators are theorizing, ammonium nitrate in another on sight storage facility may have sparked the blaze. this is the same fertilizer tim mcveigh used to start the oklahoma city bombing. the west fert lieser company filed a report with the bought, indicating it had 270ps tons of that stuff on site. in 2007, congress passed a legislation with anybody with more than a few pounds of ammonium nitrate to file a listing with the department of homeland security saying that. that
the doug mckelway is live in waco, texas. doug, first, the investigation, what have we learned so far. >> reporter: they have not yet zeroed in on a cause, martha, but they have ruled out several other potential causes. it had been theorized that a railcar on sight loaded with the fertilizers ammonium nitrate might have sparked the explosion. later investigators found the railcar totally intact. it was blown off the railroad tracks but it was intact. in addition four tanks of anhydrous...
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bush in texas yesterday. that is all coming up on "happening now." martha: that should be interesting. thank you, jon, we'll see you then. a disturbing act was caught on tape. a boy -- look at this surveillance video, a little boy with a gun. of it looks like it's a gun and he's waving it in a girl's face. we'll tell you what happened here . gregg: plus, the cruise ship industry may have seen its share of pr disasters lately. stranded ships, no electricity, water, working toilets, what explains, though the booming profits? what makes your family smile? backflips and cartwheels. love, warmth. here, try this. backflips and camm, ok!s. ching! i like the fact that there's lots of different tastes going on. mmmm! breakfast i'm very impressed. this is a great cereal! honey bunches of oats. i hear you crunching. ♪ [ male announcer ] help brazil reduce its overall reliance on foreign imports with the launch of the country's largest petrochemical operation. ♪ when emerson takes up the challenge, "it's never been done before" simply bemes consider it solve
bush in texas yesterday. that is all coming up on "happening now." martha: that should be interesting. thank you, jon, we'll see you then. a disturbing act was caught on tape. a boy -- look at this surveillance video, a little boy with a gun. of it looks like it's a gun and he's waving it in a girl's face. we'll tell you what happened here . gregg: plus, the cruise ship industry may have seen its share of pr disasters lately. stranded ships, no electricity, water, working toilets,...
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what he ran on as governor of texas, education, tax and immigration reform. then you turn the corner and september 11th. it happened eight months, you remember, into his first term. there is some steel inside from the world trade center. the famous bullhorn he used to speak to americans from ground zero. >> it is quite dramatic. it had a big impact on the trajectory of his presidency. beyond that is the response to 9/11, the 10 days the country had to mourn. president bush had to lead us through the terrible dark moment. >> reporter: from there you will transition into what became a new threat in this country, the global war on terror. an artifact in there gun saddam hussein had when he was captured. it was later presented to president bush. finally you will go through exhibits highlighting hurricane katrina and of course the recession. about 400,000 people are expected to file through this thing every single year. a lot is on display. truly educational. a pretty spectacular site, bill. bill: it will be good to visit too. thank you, casey stiegel, live from d
what he ran on as governor of texas, education, tax and immigration reform. then you turn the corner and september 11th. it happened eight months, you remember, into his first term. there is some steel inside from the world trade center. the famous bullhorn he used to speak to americans from ground zero. >> it is quite dramatic. it had a big impact on the trajectory of his presidency. beyond that is the response to 9/11, the 10 days the country had to mourn. president bush had to lead us...
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the texas transportation institute put voice detect apps to the test. found drivers took twice as long whether they texted hand-free or not. the latest transportation department report from 2011 blames 3300 deaths on distracted driving crashes. martha: big problem. downpours triggered major floods in the midwest. warnings and watches from michigan and down to arkansas. waterways already swollen there breaching their banks from oklahoma to michigan. these folks are in a heap of trouble. look at these pictures. that is the illinois river. towns all along there, especially hard-hit. forecasters predicting an additional inch much of rain. look at this bus plowing its way through this prospect heights illinois. commuters are scrambling to make makeshift levies to keep floodwaters out of their homes and businesses. >> just trying to help all the neighbors out. sandbag around the houses and i've been helping the neighbors get in and out with my boat. >> it really brings the best out in people. you realize who your real true friends are when you've got a disast
the texas transportation institute put voice detect apps to the test. found drivers took twice as long whether they texted hand-free or not. the latest transportation department report from 2011 blames 3300 deaths on distracted driving crashes. martha: big problem. downpours triggered major floods in the midwest. warnings and watches from michigan and down to arkansas. waterways already swollen there breaching their banks from oklahoma to michigan. these folks are in a heap of trouble. look at...
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we have storms from the eastern part of texas and louisiana all the way up into portions of the great lakes. a widespread area still dealing with heavy rain and thunderstorms. on the backside of this, we've been telling you the last couple days, significant snow associated with the storm system as well. anywhere to eight to 12 inches of snow could still fall today across places like minneapolis, across minnesota. winter storm warnings are in effect. gustings to 20 to 30 miles an hour have been reported. icing is another big concern. southeastern minnesota you have an ice storm warning. about a third of an inch can fall. that is it dangerous on the roadways. a severe threat from parts of ohio to west virgina and parts of the florida panhandle and southeastern louisiana as well. new orleans a brand new tornado watch has been issued for the possibility of more tornadoes across parts of louisiana and also mississippi. martha: wow, big concerns with that. that's a busy weather map when you take a look at it and it is april. >> yes. martha: way too late in the season for the huge snowstorm
we have storms from the eastern part of texas and louisiana all the way up into portions of the great lakes. a widespread area still dealing with heavy rain and thunderstorms. on the backside of this, we've been telling you the last couple days, significant snow associated with the storm system as well. anywhere to eight to 12 inches of snow could still fall today across places like minneapolis, across minnesota. winter storm warnings are in effect. gustings to 20 to 30 miles an hour have been...
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among the suspects in this particular case, the aryan brotherhood of texas. this is a vicious gang that boasts, as i understand it, 4,000 members, and they're tied to about a hundred killings. and one of the things they do is they engage in torture. does that stop step up the need for protection? >> oh, it absolutely does. when you're talking about a gang mentality, the mentality of worst amongst the worst who really have nothing to lose whether it's because they are incarcerated for the rest of their lives and working with people on the outside or they just don't care, that always makes the stakes much higher. because when people don't care about the outcome to themselves, they have nothing to lose, and it's much harder to protect the prosecutors and, unfortunately, their families when you're dealing with that type of mentality. gregg: anna who is also a prosecutor, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. gregg: martha? martha: president obama heads to connecticut today to talk gun control, a major push from the start of his second term. but is the white hou
among the suspects in this particular case, the aryan brotherhood of texas. this is a vicious gang that boasts, as i understand it, 4,000 members, and they're tied to about a hundred killings. and one of the things they do is they engage in torture. does that stop step up the need for protection? >> oh, it absolutely does. when you're talking about a gang mentality, the mentality of worst amongst the worst who really have nothing to lose whether it's because they are incarcerated for the...
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a new arrest in the murder of that texas d.a. and his wife, we'll tell but that, plus ambassador bolton on the growing threat from iran and north korea, coming up on "happening now." bill: all right, jon we'll see you at the top of the hour here, thank you, jon scott there in new york. an instant outpouring of support, the runners and the spectators, and the medics on hand springing into action moments after the first bomb went off. in a moment the solidarity for boston spilling way beyond that first response. >> as just a team we really try to work together and hold our home so we can take care of the people coming in. >> the red cross was there giving us blankets and gatorade and power bars. what was even better is that some of the houses opened up to the runners. heather: welcome back the sports community mourning the loss of a broadcasting legend. announcer pat summe summeral has passed away. >> the hoopla is just about over, and we are going to play i think pretty soon. heather: that is summeral. he actually played ten seaso
a new arrest in the murder of that texas d.a. and his wife, we'll tell but that, plus ambassador bolton on the growing threat from iran and north korea, coming up on "happening now." bill: all right, jon we'll see you at the top of the hour here, thank you, jon scott there in new york. an instant outpouring of support, the runners and the spectators, and the medics on hand springing into action moments after the first bomb went off. in a moment the solidarity for boston spilling way...
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>> reporter: martha, the first of all the program is not unique it texas. the director tells us once news circulated around houston it became so popular it started to expand in other cities like in dallas, in tucson, arizona, indianapolis, chicago, detroit and new york. it is called the armed citizens project and it identifies high-crime neighborhoods in those cities by looking at police stats. they raise money to buy shotguns to then hand out. eligible residents must pass a background check first and complete the state-mandated firearms training. >> what our organization is doing, we are creating new responsible gun owners. we're giving them training. we're conducting background checks. we're giving out shotguns and so all of these really should be palatable to that crowd that claims that they support the right of self-defense and that they support the second amendment. >> reporter: upwards of 100 households will be armed in each of those cities, martha. martha: certainly has its critics though as well, right? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. certainly there
>> reporter: martha, the first of all the program is not unique it texas. the director tells us once news circulated around houston it became so popular it started to expand in other cities like in dallas, in tucson, arizona, indianapolis, chicago, detroit and new york. it is called the armed citizens project and it identifies high-crime neighborhoods in those cities by looking at police stats. they raise money to buy shotguns to then hand out. eligible residents must pass a background...
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the zone shaded in red across oklahoma and send trat -- central parts of texas. where you have the greatest risk for tornados and damaging wind gusts and large hail. keep in mind the red zone is the highest concern today. you can see severe weather anywhere from parts of texas all the way up into western illinois and southern iowa. you still do have the risk for strong storms. gregg, as we head into the next couple days the system heads eastbound and we'll continue to see the risk for severe storms spreading east as well. gregg: heading our way. maria molina thanks very much. >> thanks. gregg: this storm could up dump as much as 20 inches of snow in the denver area. that is more than three times the average snowfall for the entire month of april in the mile-high city which is less than 7 inches. snow of course is nothing new for colorado in the month of april. it is actually their fifth snowiest month of the year. and the snowiest april on record? well, 1933 when, 33.8 inches, nearly three feet of snow fell. martha: north korea intensifying its threats again toda
the zone shaded in red across oklahoma and send trat -- central parts of texas. where you have the greatest risk for tornados and damaging wind gusts and large hail. keep in mind the red zone is the highest concern today. you can see severe weather anywhere from parts of texas all the way up into western illinois and southern iowa. you still do have the risk for strong storms. gregg, as we head into the next couple days the system heads eastbound and we'll continue to see the risk for severe...
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bill: a tiny in texas known as west was rocked by a huge explosion. what residents are being told about possibly returning to home based on wh is left there and what is being done to figure out how this happened. bill: more residents in the town of west, texas now being allowed to go back to their homes, what is left of them, anyway after last week's deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant killed 14, injured more than 200 others there. our boston affiliate back live on the scene there with more today. how is the re-entry process going now for so many? >> reporter: good morning, bill. it's slow. two of three zones have been opened up by authorities here, so over the weekend folks started to go in to see what was left of their homes. the damage really ranges, you've got broken windows and homes that were completely knocked off of their foundations. that zone three, the area closest to the plant it could be several more days about of that reopens. authorities say it's simply too dangerous. a priority today, utility crews, there is no running water, and el
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that is from a storm that dumped as much as eight inches of rain in southeast texas. martha: unbelievable. maria, thank you. >> thanks. bill: there are questions about our national security and could the boston bomb having been prevented beforehand. top lawmakers are suggesting that the intel community was asleep on the job. really? that is a heavy job we'll look at in a moment. >> fight over gun control may not be over on capitol hill. despite the stunning defeat earlier this month the background check bill could see round two. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depresd mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chanti if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any h
that is from a storm that dumped as much as eight inches of rain in southeast texas. martha: unbelievable. maria, thank you. >> thanks. bill: there are questions about our national security and could the boston bomb having been prevented beforehand. top lawmakers are suggesting that the intel community was asleep on the job. really? that is a heavy job we'll look at in a moment. >> fight over gun control may not be over on capitol hill. despite the stunning defeat earlier this month...